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The Diamondback Overdrive: The First Comes Back Again

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Many of the readers here may not realize this, but back in the early 1990’s a 700c based mountain bike made by Diamond Back called the Overdrive was unleashed on the public. It received rave reviews, but with only one tire available and one suspension fork, the 26 inch market overwhelmed the concept, and Diamond [...]

More Fox fork and Trek rumors

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

I posted earlier today on Fox and Trek rumors, I got a bit more now.
First off, here’s a picture of the Fox fork thats due out on the Trek bikes…

Plus I’m getting word that Trek isn’t doing a 29er but is expanding their 69er (29/26 hybrid) line. However Guitar Ted isn’t convinced that Trek [...]

More 29″er Rumors!

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

In a busy day here at the Twenty Nine Inches office, we are hearing even more juicy 29″er related rumors. Check out the following….
We’re hearing stuff that is pretty incredible, so much so that we waited on posting this one until after April Fools Day so you wouldn’t think we were pulling your leg! This [...]

Fox 29er Forks

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

I have an anonymous source from deep, deep inside Fox saying they are definitely releasing a 29er fork at Sea Otter.
It has 46mm rake, “handling by bontrager” decal (see the fisher hifi / genesis 2.0 geometry for more info) and is called the F29.
And it’s gonna be on some of the new Trek models… [...]

RST to release new 29 inch fork

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

RST will be releasing a new line of forks and a 29er will be a part of that. Here’s the info I was sent:

New for 2007, the M-29 fork, for cross-country bikes with 29″ wheels. Based on the key features of the new Titan all-mountain fork and the F1RST cross-country fork, the M-29 is [...]

New Bontrager Wheelset Info

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

Twenty Nine Inches has learned that there will be another new 29″er wheelset from Bontrager based on it’s 26 inch Rhythm wheelset. It is to weigh 1800 grams, have a 28mm wide rim, have 28 spokes, and be available in qr or 20mm through axle front versions.
Rumor has it that this is going to [...]